189125342. Comte Robert III de Dreux & 189125343. Comtesse Eleanor de Saint Valery
9/18/1180,
Philip Augustus succeeded as King of France.
1185, Robert
[III] born in France, s/o 47277614. Comte Robert II de Dreux & 47277615.
Yolande de Coucy.
1192, Aanor
born in France, heiress & d/o §§Seigneur Thomas de Saint Valery & Dame Edela de Saint Aubin of
Ponthieu. (S) FMG.
[See Family notes.]
1208,
‘Robertus comes, dominus Drocarum et Braye, et Yolendis comitissa uxor mea’
donated property to Notre-Dame, Paris, with the consent of ‘Roberti filii
nostri.’ (S) FMG.
[––Robert
& Eleanor––]
1210, Robert
contracted in marriage to Eleanor by King Philip Augustus of France.
1210, William of Ponthieu with Philip
of Dreux, bishop of Beauvais, Renaud, bishop of
Chartres, and Robert III, Count of Dreux, joined the
crusade against the Albigensians. (S) Histoire d’Abbeville et du Comte de
Ponthieu Jusqu’en 1789, Louandre, 1883, P131.
1212, Robert served with Prince Louis.
1/27/1213,
Robert’s brother Pierre married Alix of Brittany and became duke of Brittany in
her right.
Bef.
7/27/1214, Robert captured by the English army of King John as part of the
besieged garrison of Nantes in Brittany.
7/27/1214,
Robert [the father], commander of the left wing of the army of King Philip
Augustus at the battle of Bouvines. Robert was given custody of the William,
English Earl of Salisbury, who had been captured at the battle.
9/8/1215,
King John wrote a letter several Bishops asking about the possible exchange of
William, earl of Salisbury, for Robert, son of Robert, Comte de Dreux;
identifying Robert as a cousin of the King of France.
2/10/1216, A
letter was sent to Robert [the father] directing him to come to Whitsand on the
Saturday after Ash Wednesday so that a treaty for the exchanged of prisoners
could be made.
1216, Robert
[the father] exchanged William, earl of Salisbury, for his son Robert.
5/20/1216,
Prince Louis of France crossed to England in 10 warships, with 1200 knight and
900 troops.
6/2/1216,
Prince Louis proclaimed King in London. (S) A Primary History of Britain,
Smith, 1873, P66.
10/18/1216,
King John of England died.
10/28/1216,
Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
9/12/1217,
For 10,000 marks and some land exchanges, Prince Louis forfeited his claim to
the English crown by the treaty at Kingston-on-Thames.
[––Robert
succeeded––]
12/28/1218,
Robert succeeded his father, Count of Dreux and Braine.
1219,
Eleanor’s father died.
1220,
Robert, Comte de Dreux, siezed in right of his wife of Isleworth in England [as
well as Tetbury, and several fiefs in Ponthieu]. (S) The Conqueror and His
Companions, V2, Planche, 1874, P211.
12/1220, A
charter about the rights of navigation by ‘Robertus comes Drucocensis, dominus
Sancti Walerici et … Aaenors uxor eiusdem.’ (S) FMG.
1221, On the
death of Guillaume, count of Ponthieu, King Philip assigned its custody to
Robert of Dreux, a royal cousin. (S) Aristocratic Life in Medieval France,
Baldwin, 2002, P59. [Robert retained custody until 1231, when the county was
given to the husband of Guillaume’s
daughter Marie, Simon de Dammartin.]
1221, Robert
owed scutage for the English army mustered to besiege the count of Aumâle’s
castle at Bytham at the rate of 10s. for each of his Oxfordshire knights’ fees.
3/18/1222,
Robert’s mother died.
7/14/1223,
Louis VIII succeeded as King of France.
3/25/1224,
The sheriff of Berkshire [England] ordered to give Robert, comte de Dreux, a
respite on the £42 that he owed the king until the next account of the
Exchequer.
6/1224, King
Louis launched an invasion of Poitiu, taking the county in 2 months.
1224, King
Louis granted the manor of Hautefontaine (Alta Fontana) on Robert, Comte de
Dreux et de Braine; with that of Bonneuil en Valois, for a rent of 50 hogsheads
of corn. (S) Duc de Lauzun and the Court of Louis XV, V1, Maugras, 1895, P287.
10/29/1224,
King Henry III of England took all lands and stock of Robert de Dreux in
Berkshire. [Written in the same manner to sheriffs of Hampshire, Bedfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Middlesex.] (S) FRsHIII. [This in response to the invasion
of Poitou.]
2/3/1225,
The sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire [England] ordered to render to
Hareng the services that he took from the knights’ fees that are held of Count
Robert de Dreux.
3/8/1225,
Robert secured a letter of safe passage to appeal his losses to the King of
England.
4/9/1225, A
‘letter close’ was issued which reversed the confiscation of Robert’s property
and ordered Hareng to give the Robert full seisin of all his lands.
5/4/1225,
King Henry sent William Blome with a ‘letter close’ to Robert, count of Dreux,
and to the counts of Brittany and St. Pol.
1226,
Robert, count of Dreux, gave Studley in Oxford, England, the church of Beckley.
1226, Robert
paid £50 at the English Exchequer, with an outstanding debt of £430 6s on his
English inheritance, and that of his wife.
1226, Robert
a member of the Albeigensian crusade besieging Avignon.
12/26/1225,
2 ‘letters close’ issued to the bailiffs of Southampton and Portsmouth
[England] respectively ordering them to allow ships laden with merchandise to
go to ‘the land of Robert, count of Dreux.
9/5/1226,
The sheriffs of Oxfordshire and Middlesex [England] ordered to take into the
king’s hand all the lands that the Robert held of the king.
11/29/1226,
King Louis IX, age 12, succeed his father as King of France. Robert and his
brother Pierre rebelled against the regency of Queen Blanche of Castile.
12/1226,
‘Robertus comes Drocarum et dominus de sancto Walerico et Alanora uxor eiusdem
comitis filia et hæres Thomæ de sancto Walerico’ made donations to Stodely
nunnery, Oxfordshire, England. (S) FMG.
1227, All of
Robert’s continental lands were in the hand of the King of France. (S) The King
and His Courts, Turner, 1968.
6/13/1227,
King Henry III of England committed to Ralph Hareng all lands and fees of Count
Robert de Dreux to keep [written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Middlesex, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire.] (S) FRsHIII.
1228, Philip
Hurepel, count of Boulogne, in an alliance with Robert, count of Dreux, and
Robert de Courtenay, disputed the regency of Blanche of Champagne. (S)
Chronicle of William of Puylaurens, 2003, P81.
8/28/1228,
King Henry’s brother Richard given all the lands formerly of Robert, count of Dreux.
1229, Peter,
duke of Brittany, with the counts of Boulogne and Dreux [Robert, Peter’s
brother] attacked Champagne. (S) Aristocratic Life in Medieval France, Baldwin,
2002, P64.
1230,
Robert, count of Dreux, did not swear to the rule distributing rights over Jews
throughout France [Thibaut, count of Champagne did.] (S) Toward a Definition of
Antisemitism, Langmuir, 1996, P162.
1230, Robert
[rumored] to have created an alliance with King Henry of England.
3/3/1234,
Robert died; buried at S. Yved de Braine; his son John the heir. [The artisan
who incised Robert’s tomb with a field of “fleur de lis” left his name –
“Letarovs”. (S) Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, Shaw, 1843. The
slab is now in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris.]
[––Eleanor––]
8/1234,
‘Alanora comitissa Drocarum et domina de sancto Walerico’ made a gift to
Stodely nunnery, Oxfordshire, England. (S) FMG.
2/1235, King
Louis ordered Thibaut, count of Champagne, to return to Eleanor, countess of
Dreux, her Jews staying in his lands. (S) Toward a Definition of Antisemitism,
Langmuir, 1996, P162.
1237,
Eleanor married 2nd Henry I, sire de Sully.
1/1238,
‘Henricus dominus Soyliaci’ acknowledged owing Louis IX King of France money
for the repurchase of ‘comitatus Drocensis et terre … uxoris mee comitisse
Drocensis [Eleanor].’ (S) FMG.
4/27/1240,
‘Henricus de Soliaco dominus et Aanor comitissa Drocarum et domina
Sancti-Walerici uxor mea’ in an agreement with ‘Johannem filium Roberti condam
comitis Drocarum’ which specifies that ‘Aanor’ was the mother of John. (S) FMG.
11/15/1250,
‘Aanor comitssa Drocarum et domina Sancti Valerici’ died.
(S)
Description of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, Hardy, 1835, P76ff. (S) Fine
Rolls of King Henry III.
Family notes:
1191, Thomas, lord of Saint-Valery, succeeded on the
death of his father, who died on crusade in the Holy Land.
1196-97, Thomas’ English lands confiscated after he
supported the French against the English.
1215, Thomas made peace with King John for a fine of
over £766.
The honour of St. Valery comprised 23½ knights’ fees,
most within the borders of Oxfordshire, extending into the neighbouring county
of Berkshire; with Beckley, 4 miles east of Oxford, as the seat. 4 other manors
were held in demesne: Willaston, Blackthorn with Ambrosden, Asthall and
Yarnton.
i. Yolande de Dreux (94562671), born ~1213 in
Dreux, France.
ii. John de Dreux, born 1215 in Dreux, France.
3/3/1234,
John succeeded his father.
1249, John
died in Nicosia.
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